This is The Guardian.

People just can't believe that it happened.

The amount of young people that told us,

if Orban wins again, I don't see a future for myself in this country.

The country was really at a crossroads.

Thank you for believing that we ourselves, Hungarian people, write our own history.

Lots of people said, I know he's not a saint.

There was a lot of people who almost held their noses and voted for him regardless.

It's a really huge moment on the global stage and I think it should, rightfully so, force people

to ask a lot of questions what's next and what this actually means in practice.

Hungary enters a new era as Victor Orban is ousted after 16 years in power in an election that will be critical to Europe and likely to rattle Washington.

From The Guardians today in Focus, this is the latest with me, Lucy Hoff.

Ashifa Kasam, you are a reporter covering Europe for us and you're currently in Budapest,

where you have been there for this historic moment that Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary

has finally been ousted from power after 16 years, this new era under the opposition candidate

Peter Magyar. So first of all, just tell me what the vibe

that the atmosphere has been like in Budapest overnight and today. It's been really incredible.

I mean, so last night people were out. I was out into about 2.30 in the morning, just chatting

with people, getting a sense of what was going on. And people were so excited.

This is something that lots of people had wanted.

They didn't think it was going to actually happen.

They were so nervous.

...